Earias fabia

Earias fabia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Nolidae
Subfamily:	Eariadinae
Genus:	Earias
Species:	E. fabia
Binomial name
	Earias fabia; Stoll, 1781

Earias fabia, called the cotton spotted bollworm as a larva, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is sometimes included in the species Earias vittella.

Larval food plants are Gossypium hirsutum, Abelmoschus esculentus, Urena lobata, Brassica oleracea and Zea mays.^[1]^[2]

References edit

^ "Redescription of spotted bollworm Earias fabia Stoll (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) from Pakistan with special reference to its genitalia, life cycle, nature of damage and control". CABI. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ "Feeding Responses of the Cotton Spotted Bollworm, Earias fabia Stoll (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Relation to its Establishment on Various Plants". Applied Entomology and Zoology. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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[1] "Redescription of spotted bollworm Earias fabia Stoll (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) from Pakistan with special reference to its genitalia, life cycle, nature of damage and control". CABI. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[2] "Feeding Responses of the Cotton Spotted Bollworm, Earias fabia Stoll (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Relation to its Establishment on Various Plants". Applied Entomology and Zoology. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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